Children's health-related locus of control beliefs: Ethnicity, gender, and family income

Children's Health Care

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-59

  Malcarne, Vanessa L ^a,c   Drahota, Amy ^a   Hamilton, Nancy A ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psycholog   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 15244362199     PISSN: 02739615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326888chc3401_4     Document Type: Article

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